So apparently I am creating a Kid! AU for the Arrow universe. So I'm gonna keep working on that and see where I go.

Location/Situation: Stuck in the tree

The summer of 1994 was difficult for Oliver and his friends. Oliver's mother was pregnant and he was torn between helping, and being annoyed, while Tommy's mother had been killed less than a year before and now Tommy was being ignored by his father, who had lost himself in grief. Felicity's mom was somewhere, and the Lance sister's dad was working. Perhaps the weirdest part though was the appearance of John Diggle. Oliver's mom had hired him to watch over them all as she was stressed out simply by the fact that she was nearly 5 months pregnant.

Oliver didn't understand why Digg (as he told them to call him) was here when their regular babysitter was here… not that she paid attention though.

Oliver was inside getting something for his mother when he heard the yelling outside. He nearly dropped the plate he was holding when he recognized the scream, but instead forced himself to calmly take the plate to the other room and then go outside.

Appearing outside, both Digg and Isabel (the babysitter) were not to be seen. He didn't have a problem with Digg, but Isabel was supposed to be keeping an eye on Sara and Felicity, so Tommy and Laurel didn't tease them. He tried not to focus on the missing teenagers, instead he followed the yelling to the back of the garden. He wasn't surprised with that he saw; in fact it was almost exactly what he had expected to find.

Felicity was standing under one of the trees shouting up into its branches. He didn't see anyone else, but he wouldn't be surprised if they'd all gone for high ground. Even though Felicity was only 6 years old she had mastered her "loud voice" and they all knew that if it was directed at you, you were in trouble. He approached her.

"'Licity." She stopped yelling almost instantly and looked over. "Why are we using our loud voice?" A frown crossed her face.

"Cause. They stole Tumbleweed."

"Tumbleweed?" Oliver blinked. "Who is Tumbleweed?"

"My armadillo! Remember?" Oliver wanted to tell her he remembered, but he didn't. Instead he moved on.

"Okay, so where is Tumbleweed?"

"THEY" She yelled loudly pointing up into the tree. "Stole him and now he is stuck in the tree! They said they were going to get him down, but they haven't tried." She frowned again.

Glancing into the tree Oliver could just see a little black toy several branches above where Tommy, Laurel, and Sara were sitting. He bent down next to her.

"You know, they're staying up there because your loud voice is scary." He whispered. "You want me to go up there and get Tumbleweed?" Felicity bit her lip, and nodded. With a smile he pulled himself up into the tree and within a minute he was back on the ground holding Felicity's toy.

"Tumbleweed!" Felicity grabbed it and ran away. Turning away from her and looking up at the others in the tree.

"Do I even want to know what the hell happened here?" They all shook their head.